Poem : Maybe I Will Name It or Maybe I Won't

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Maybe, I am writing a poem,
or maybe I am just talking to notepad.
Maybe, I will publish this somewhere,
Or maybe this will be lost in my diary.
How fascinating a single word can be?
'Maybe' ; a word I have often found,
lingering around, in my sentences,
and I cannot help but wonder,
how much weight this word carries.
Maybe I am completely wrong about it,
or maybe I am right on the point.
But I have often found myself hiding;
hiding behind this single word.
Maybe I will become who I have aspired to,
or maybe I will become someone I condemn.
Maybe I will eat the last piece of chocolate,
or maybe I will save it for my sibling.
Maybe I will help people just because I can,
or maybe I will stand at the sidelines, watching.
Maybe I will do my assignment today,
or maybe I will do it an hour before submission.
Maybe this world is a place worth residing in,
or maybe it is something we just have to bear.
Maybe I will eat homemade dinner,
or maybe I will have a take-out.
Maybe everything will be fine tomorrow,
or maybe our faith will die along with us.
Maybe, 'maybe' will stop carrying this weight,
the weight of my indecisiveness and future's uncertainty,
or maybe it will help me hide behind it,
just like it always has.
I often wonder, if suddenly on a dark evening,
when sun has hidden and moon is grumpy,
and 'maybe' suddenly denied it's existence,
and asked me to choose; what would I do?
Maybe I will hide behind some other word,
or maybe I will face the choices, accept the uncertainties.
Maybe a new me will rise in the morning sun,
or maybe the sun would never rise for me.
And even the answers of what would happen,
when 'maybe' doesn't exist, is made of 'maybe's.
Maybe that's the power that 'maybe' carries,
and maybe that's the power I use to hide,
and maybe I will get rid of 'maybe' one day,
or maybe my boat will sail with it's tide.

                               -Sushant Kumar Das

Comments

  1. Raj GhoshalJune 9, 2019 at 5:33 PM

    Amazing work

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  2. Lakshmi SravanthiSeptember 2, 2019 at 7:57 PM

    It seems that you just presented your views,your confusion,your struggle behind uncertainty and your awakening of yourself😊. I am just loving your works more and more. AWESOME WRITER KEEP GOING!

    ReplyDelete
  3. SanjuJune 26, 2023 at 5:30 PM

    Maybe my favourite word is maybe...because maybe is the word that gives us hope maybe !!!

    ReplyDelete

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